NEW DELHI/KULLU: A sharp cold wave tightened its grip across north India on Sunday, with snowfall in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, and northeastern Himachal Pradesh, while scattered rain and dense fog pushed down temperatures across the plains of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan.IMD has forecast continued snowfall, rain and fog…
CHANDIGARH: In an order having wide-reaching implications for road safety and military accountability, Punjab and Haryana high court has held that the Union of India cannot claim “sovereign immunity” in cases of negligent driving by Army personnel on public roads.“Sovereign immunity is not absolute, it operates only within a very narrow sphere of functions that…
A Moradabad land acquisition court ordered the attachment of Bijnor district magistrate’s official residence and summoned the officer to appear in person on Jan 9, 2026, after compensation awarded to a landowner in 2020 was not paid despite a court decree.DM Jasjit Kaur said judge Zaigham Uddin of Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Authority passed…
JAMMU: A court in J&K’s Reasi district dismissed a plea seeking an FIR against Vaishno Devi shrine board officials for the death of 35 pilgrims in a landslide on the tracks to the site on Aug 26, ruling that a natural disaster was responsible for the tragedy.The PIL urged the registration of a police case…
JAMMU: Terrorists stormed a villager’s house in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Saturday evening and forced him to provide food before fleeing into a nearby forest, prompting security forces to launch a massive search operation.“The entire forest belt surrounding Chore Motu village and its adjoining forest hamlets in the Majalta area was cordoned off,…
Kerala government on Sunday strongly condemned reports that some private school managements imposed restrictions on Christmas celebrations and refunded money collected from students for the event.The government also warned that schools would not be allowed to be turned into “communal laboratories”.Such actions are unheard of in a state like Kerala, which has a high level…
Representational file photo The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken a stern view of the “illegal” quarrying operations behind Tata Cancer Hospital in Navi Mumbai, warning top officials of coercive action for failing to respond to environmental concerns.The western zone bench, comprising Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh and expert member Dr Sujit Kumar Bajpayee, was hearing…
Ankit Dewan, after he was allegedly assaulted NEW DELHI: Air India Express Captain Virender Sejwal, who got into a brawl with a passenger, Ankit Dewan, at Delhi Airport’s Terminal 1 last Friday, has accused the latter of making “casteist remarks” and issuing “absolutely unfathomable threats to female members of his family including a child.” Issuing…
Jitan Ram Manjhi (File photo) PATNA: Former Bihar chief minister and Union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Sunday alleged that he has been treated unfairly within the NDA and indicated that he may have to reconsider his options if his party, Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM), is not allotted a Rajya Sabha seat.The former CM made…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Sunday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his “silence” on late singer Zubeen Garg during the PM’s recent two-day visit to Assam.Garg, who hailed from the state, died on September 19 while swimming in the sea in Singapore, where he was scheduled to attend the North East India…